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FELV vs FTCS: Differences, Returns & Fees

FELV and FTCS hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and FELV returned +28.5% over the year. Net assets: $3.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Value ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF.

FELV costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.4 points; FTCS is 2.4 times larger.

FELV vs FTCS: Differences, Returns & Fees
FELVFTCS
Expense ratio0.18%0.53%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$3.2bn$7.6bn
Total return, 1 year+28.5%+4.1%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedCapital Strength Index
Holdings in common13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund26.2%22.6%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+28.5%
FELV total return, 1 year
+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
0.18%
FELV expense ratio
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FELV and FTCS hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FELV FTCS
APPLE INC 4.66% 2.04%
JOHNSON and JOHNSON 1.30% 2.09%
WALMART INC 1.01% 1.97%
SCHWAB CHARLES CORP 0.91% 1.93%
PROCTER and GAMBLE CO 0.78% 2.04%
MERCK and CO INC 0.72% 2.31%
GILEAD SCIENCES INC 0.64% 2.28%
PEPSICO INC 0.62% 1.86%
AIRBNB INC 0.50% 2.30%
VERALTO CORP 0.49% 2.09%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 0.42% 2.03%
ROSS STORES INC 0.39% 1.93%
Only in FELV
AMAZON.COM INC 5.15%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.39%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 3.08%
JPMORGAN CHASE and CO 2.62%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.80%
INTEL CORP 1.77%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.23%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.18%
Only in FTCS
ResMed Inc. 2.34%
Amgen Inc. 2.29%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.15%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2.14%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2.13%
W.R. Berkley Corporation 2.03%
Copart, Inc. 2.00%

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On the same fields

FELV
Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Value ETF
FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Fidelity First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +28.5% +4.1%
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.53%
Already in the S&P 500 87.5% 99.9%
Holdings 351 50
Net assets, FELV as of Sep 30, 2026 and FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.4bn $7.5bn

FELV and FTCS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FELV

FELV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 351 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

About FTCS

FTCS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +4.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.53% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 22.6%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FELV or FTCS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FELV returned +28.5% and FTCS +4.1%.
Which is cheaper, FELV or FTCS?
FELV is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FELV and FTCS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of FELV and 100% of FTCS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
FELV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FELV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Fidelity website ↗FTCS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTCS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTCS ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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